The Winter of '63

A Hot War history

Gordon Sinclair's Experience scene

Gordon is one of a team of Special Branch operatives tasked with raiding three houses ‘infested with communist political students’ from the London School of Economics.

Bursting into the designated rooms, Gordon discovers a trio of youths. They plead with Gordon, and persuade him of the injustice of his orders; he retreats. His report of the operation makes no mention of the encounter.

Harold Walker's Experience scene

It is mid-November, 1962. War has been declared, and a large number of Londoners attend a rally in Kew Gardens to voice their objections to the Government’s stance.

As the crowd cheers at the anti-war speeches, mounted police ride through the ranks of bobbies. Harold Walker looks on from the side and spots Anna Gold, an acquaintance. He looks to his right to see a police horse rear up in fright as a man waves a placard a little too enthusiastically.

There is a shout from the depths of the police ranks and suddenly the atmosphere changes. Harold rushes forward and grabs Anna’s hand as the horses trot forward, the foot-police in their wake hit out with their night-sticks. He pulls her across Kew Road to the door of a grocer’s, intending to duck inside and avoid trouble. Harold’s plea for help from the grocer is ignored; he cries for help from the police as he slams the door in their faces.

It’s too late to run. Both Harold and Anna are beaten into submission by the policemen… surely this isn’t Britain?

A blog for your campaign

While the wiki is great for organizing your campaign world, it’s not the best way to chronicle your adventures. For that purpose, you need a blog!

The Adventure Log will allow you to chronologically order the happenings of your campaign. It serves as the record of what has passed. After each gaming session, come to the Adventure Log and write up what happened. In time, it will grow into a great story!

Best of all, each Adventure Log post is also a wiki page! You can link back and forth with your wiki, characters, and so forth as you wish.

One final tip: Before you jump in and try to write up the entire history for your campaign, take a deep breath. Rather than spending days writing and getting exhausted, I would suggest writing a quick “Story So Far” with only a summary. Then, get back to gaming! Grow your Adventure Log over time, rather than all at once.